How will the Euro crisis affect football?

This is why AC Milan want to sign Carlos Tevez on a loan deal with a guaranteed cash figure at the end of the season. Club owner Silvio Berlusconi has had to step down from his role as Italy’s Prime Minister amidst all the chaos surrounding him. AC Milan cannot be seen to be spending millions of pounds when there is so much financial unrest amongst the everyday man. The everyday man in Milan is undoubtedly an AC Milan fan after all.

If anything the only serious transfer rumours to take real notice of are the ones which involve players from the MLS in America. Thierry Henry, Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan are just a few names who would be available in January due to the off season in America. It seems David Beckham will also be back in European football come January though that deal is more down to PSG’s money than anything else.

Then you have to consider the European football factor. No club is going to spend money on a player who isn’t eligible for European matches. So clubs that have played in the Champions League and Europa League will find it harder to buy and sell between fellow competitors but that doesn’t rule out deals being agreed for the summer. Of course those who are no longer in Europe competition can sell players to clubs who haven’t been in Europe but they themselves are fighting for domestic titles.

Despite the millions in the game at the moment it would be morally wrong for clubs to spend so much with financial meltdown across Europe. I expect more wheeling and dealing that extravagent signings. Foreign signings don’t always adjust in their early careers and some could say the likes of Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll haven’t been successes since their January moves.

I personally think that once Premier League teams submit their 25 man squads at the beginning of the season, then they are only allowed to make transfers mid season if one of those players was injured long term like Jermaine Jenas and Nemanja Vidic. Not only would that stop clubs buying one or two players just to finish higher than a smaller squad who have over performed, it will also highlight which managers who take over from sacked ones can actually man manage and don’t just bring in new faces to change things.

We live in a real world which at times appears to exist outside of football. I think this window will see the two realities come back closer together.

This article was written by Wes Hillier and is courtesy of our partner website thisisfutbol.com. Read the latest news and blogs about European Football at TiF. – ed

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